Clean

(verb.) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; 'Clean the turkey'.

(verb.) remove shells or husks from; 'clean grain before milling it'.

(verb.) remove while making clean; 'Clean the spots off the rug'.

(verb.) make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; 'Clean the stove!'; 'The dentist cleaned my teeth'.

(verb.) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; 'The boys cleaned the sandwich platters'; 'The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm'.

(verb.) be cleanable; 'This stove cleans easily'.

(verb.) deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; 'The other players cleaned him completely'.

(adj.) free of drugs; 'after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years' .

(adj.) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; 'he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek'; 'a clean throw'; 'the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife' .

(adj.) not carrying concealed weapons .

(adj.) free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; 'children with clean shining faces'; 'clean white shirts'; 'clean dishes'; 'a spotlessly clean house'; 'cats are clean animals' .

(adj.) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; 'good clean fun'; 'a clean joke' .

(adj.) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; 'a clean fuel'; 'cleaner and more efficient engines'; 'the tactical bomb is reasonably clean' .

(adj.) ritually clean or pure .

(adj.) thorough and without qualification; 'a clean getaway'; 'a clean sweep'; 'a clean break' .

(adj.) without difficulties or problems; 'a clean test flight' .

(adj.) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; 'a clean fight'; 'a sporting solution of the disagreement'; 'sportsmanlike conduct' .

(adj.) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; 'fair copy'; 'a clean manuscript' .

(adj.) morally pure; 'led a clean life' .

(adj.) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; 'a clean voting record'; 'a clean driver's license' .

(adj.) free from impurities; 'clean water'; 'fresh air' .

(adj.) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; 'efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings'; 'clear laughter like a waterfall'; 'clear reds and blues'; 'a light lilting voice like a silver bell' .

(adj.) free of restrictions or qualifications; 'a clean bill of health'; 'a clear winner' .

(adv.) completely; used as intensifiers; 'clean forgot the appointment'; 'I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out'.

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• The girl had a little parlour to sit in, away from the noise of the taproom, and a clean bedchamber at the top of the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Being delivered into the charge of the ma?tresse, I was led through a long narrow passage into a foreign kitchen, very clean but very strange. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A clean plate of glass is coated with collodion sensitized with iodides of potassium, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I'm a-cleaning the upstairs back room, miss, replies Charley. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The cleaning away of submarine ledges in harbours, such as the great work at Hell Gate in the harbour of New York, has thus been effected. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I cleaned them all with the pullthrough. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The grey pavement had been cleaned and scraped, but was still dangerously slippery, so that there were fewer passengers than usual. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The rooms are light, thoroughly ventilated, and cleaned at the end of each day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But since last night and this afternoon his mind was much clearer and cleaner on that business. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• This type of vacuum cleaner, which is reasonable in price, is made of steel and finished in very highly polished nickel. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But men will not hate so much, fear so much, nor cheat so desperately--and they will keep their minds and bodies cleaner. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Well, you _are_ a nice young 'ooman for a musical party, you are,' said the boot-cleaner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I feel so much cleaner, Catherine said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• How young Woolwich cleans the drum-sticks without being of ostrich descent, his anxious mother is at a loss to understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Sometimes one of the women, and sometimes another, cleans me of my grease. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But see here--if that's the case, it cleans you out altogether? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Nevertheless, billiards today throughout the land is ranked among the highest and cleanest forms of recreation. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Nature had given them no inconsiderable share of beauty, and every Sunday dressed them in their cleanest skins and best attire. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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